Will of Thomas Stubbs
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Be it Remembered that I Thomas Stubbs of Concord
in the County of Chester & Provence of Pensilvania, Yoman, Being Sick &
Weak of Boddy But of Sound Mind & Desposing Memory, Praysed Be God therefor,
and Calling to mind the mortality of my Body and that it is appointed for all
Men onst to Dye, Do this third Day of the 8th mo., Called August in the Year of
our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty, Make and ordain this as and for
My Last Will & Testiment for the Disposing of Such Worldly Eastate as it
hath Pleased God to Bless me with in manner & form following, Vz
Imprimo: My will is that all My Just Depts & funaral Charges be Paid as Soon as Convenieantly May be after my Decese by my Exetors hereafter named.
Item: My Will is that My Exetors Sell My Plantation Situate Lying and being in Concord affore sd, Containing By Estimation Eighty Seven acres be the same more or Less as all so my Parsonal Eastate for the Best Price that Can be got. And the money arising from Such Sales with the Residue of my Eastate of what Kind & in whos hands soever it may be found, I Give & Devise to be Equaly Devided Betwen My Nine Children Part & Sear alike to wit Daniel Stubbs, Thomas Stubbs, John Stubbs & Joseph Stubbs. Esther Carson, Mary Attmoor, Eliz. Addams, Ann Stubbs & Sarah Stubbs.
Lastly I Constitute & appoint My Sons Daniel & Joseph Stubbs to be my Exetors of this my Last Will hereby Revoking all other wills heretofore by me made Rectifing & Confirming this to be My Last Will.
Signed Sealed Published & Declared by
The within or above named Thomas
Stubbs as & for his Last Will & Testiment
in the Presents of us.
Robt Mendenhall
William Walter
Henry Myer [written in German script]
Codicil to Will (image of Codicil)
I The Within Named Thomas Stubbs nohaving to my full sattisfaction provided for My Daughter Sarah Stubbs, Doth heareby make this my Codezel or addition for that purpes and give my sd Daughter Sarah Stubbs my Gray or white Mare as wittness my Hand & Seale this 25th Day of Febry Anno Domny one thousand Seven hundred Sixty Three. 1763.
Signed, Sealed & Declared by Thomas Stubbs
to be a Codzel to this Last Will in the
presents of :
Robt Mendenhall
William Walter
Henry Myer
Chester March 16, 1763. Then personally appeared Robert Mendenhall and Henry Myer the said Robert on his Solemn affirmation and the said Henry on his oath did Severally declare and Say that they were personally present and did See and hear Thomas Stubbs Sign, Seal publish pronounce and declare the Within Writing With Codicil thereon Indorsed as and for his last Will & Testament & that at the doing thereof he was of a Sound and well Disposing mind and Memory to the best of their understanding.
Coram, Henry H. Grahame, D.Regd.
[Note - Robert Mendenhall was a Quaker; he would not
swear an oath, so was allowed to make a solemn affirmation. Henry Myer, on the
other hand, did swear an oath. (J.C.K.)]
An Inventory of the Estate both Real & personal of Thos Stubbs, Senr, of Concord Chester County in the Provence of Pennsylvania:
| (Pounds \ Shillings \ Pence) | £ \ S \ D |
| A Cloth Coat & Jacket 4\10\0 a Woosted Ditto 3\10\0 | 8 \ 0 \ 0 |
| 1 pair of Buckskin Breeches 15/, one pair of Linnen Do 5/ | 1 \ 0 \ 0 |
| 1 pair of Boots & 1 pair of Shoes | 0 \ 10 \ 0 |
| To a Great Coat | 0 \ 10 \ 0 |
| 3 pair of Stocking | 10\ |
| 3 Shirts 30/ | 2 \ 0 \ 0 |
| A Saddle & Bridle | 1 \ 5 \ 0 |
| A Bond of 40£\ With Interest Due upon it from Martin Adams | 41 \ 19 \ 0 |
| Daniel Stubbs Bond with Interest for 3 Months | 39 \ 11 \ 0 |
| Esther Kearson [Carson] Note of hand for | 3 \ 17 \ 6 |
| A Gray Mare Given to Sarah Stubbs | 16 \ 0 \ 0 |
| 1 Bedstead, Featherbed, Bolster, 2 Blankets, 1 Coverled and 2 Sheats | 8 \ 10 \ 0 |
| A Walnut Chest | 1 \ 10 \0 |
| 4 yds Cloth @ 7/6 p Yd, 1 Buckskin 18/, 3 Yd Drugget 3/6 | 2 \ 18 \ 6 |
| A Brass Warming pan 12/ 3 pewter Dishes 7/6 | 0 \ 19 \ 6 |
| 1 Doz of pewter plates 12/ pewter Spoons Knifes & forks 2/6 | 0 \ 14 \ 6 |
| A Box Iron & 3 Heaters 3/ 6 Chairs 15/ | 0 \ 18 \ 0 |
| 2 pair of Wool Cards & a Hackele | 0 \ 10 \ 0 |
| pair of tongs & 2 pair of pot Racks | 0 \ 9 \ 0 |
| Tallow & Bees Wax 4/ to 2 Old Chests 3/ | 0 \ 7 \ 0 |
| To a Chas [chaise ?] Bed 2 Coverleds Bed Stead & Cord | 1 \ 0 \ 0 |
| To a Walnut plank & Board | 1 \ 0 \ 0 |
| To a Small Cask with Onions [?] 1/ to a Doe Tub 6 Trenchers & 6 Boules | 0 \ 8 \ 0 |
| To A Cheese Waite Straning Bowl & Candlestick | 0 \ 1 \ 0 |
| To 5 Earthen potts 3/6 to 6 Earthen Juggs 3/ | 0 \ 6 \ 6 |
| To 3 Ditto pans 2/ and other Earthen Ware 6d | 0 \ 2 \ 6 |
| To 2 Small Spinning Weels & one Long Weel | 0 \ 13 \ 0 |
| To 2 Iron potts 12/6 to a Grid Iron & Toaster | 0 \ 18 \ 6 |
| To a Frying pan a flesh Fork & Candlestick | 0 \ 3 \ 0 |
| To 1 Augree 1/6 & 2 Sickels | 0 \ 6 \ 6 |
| To a Churn & 2 tubbs 4/ To 3 pails 3/ | 0 \ 7 \ 0 |
| To 2 Spades 1 Shovel & hair Sive | 0 \14 \ 0 |
| To 2 pitching Axes & 2 Grubbing Axes | 0 \ 18 \ 0 |
| To 2 Weeding Hoes a Maul & Wedges & pruning Hook | 0 \ 6 \ 6 |
| To a Beehive with Salt in it 1/3 to Do. with Buckwheat | 0 \ 3 \ 0 |
| To 4 Beehives & an Old Tubb | 0 \ 1 \ 6 |
| To 2 Straw Collars & 2 pair of Hames | 0 \ 4 \ 0 |
| To 1 pair of Chains Back & Belly Band | 0 \ 7 \ 6 |
| To Cart Saddle Brichband & 2 blind holters | 0 \ 7 \ 6 |
| To an Odd Chain & Back & Belly Band | 0 \ 4 \ 0 |
| To 3 Stocks of Bees | 1 \ 7 \ 6 |
| To 2 Glass Bottels 9d to a pair of Sheep Sheers 1/6 | 0 \ 2 \ 3 |
| To a Cart and Back Band 3 £ to plow & Harrow 20/ | 4 \ 0 \ 0 |
| To a Grind Stone 5/ | 0 \ 5 \ 0 |
| To Thrashed Wheat & not winnoed @ 6/6 per bush 6 bush | 1 \ 19 \ 0 |
| To a Cutting Box 5/ to 2 pitch Forks 2/ | 0 \ 7 \ 0 |
| To 3 Cows 8..10..0 To a Heifer & Steer 4\£ | 12 \ 10 \ 0 |
| To a Yearling Calf 25/ To 3 Sheep 18/ | 2 \ 3 \ 0 |
| To 3 piggs | 6 \ 2 \ 6 |
| To an Old Hand Saw | 0 \ 1 \ 0 |
| To Wheat in the Ground | 8 \ 0 \ 0 |
| To 87 1/2 Acres of Land | 174 \ 0 \ 0 |
Taken And Appraised this 28 of the 2 mo 1763 by us
Jams. Mendenhall
Gideon Gilpin [?]